CFI Canada's mission is to provide education and training to the public in the application of skeptical, secular, rational and humanistic inquiry through conferences, symposia, lectures, published works and the maintenance of a library.

2016 CFIC AGM and Elections Notice

2016 Annual General Meeting

As a registered charity, CFIC hosts an Annual General Meeting each year for the purposes of electing the CFIC Council and Board and formally summarizing the prior year’s activities and achievements. (CFIC’s 2016 financial statements will not be presented at the AGM; they will be available by July 15.)

This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held by teleconference on Sunday, April 9th, at 1:00pm Eastern Daylight Time.

The meeting is open for attendance by all members if CFIC in good standing. As per the bylaws of CFI Canada, only Councillors may participate in the AGM, which includes general motions about the operation of CFI Canada, as well as elections for (or approval of) the Board of Directors.

For CFIC members who wish to attend the AGM, please email chair@centreforinquiry.ca and you will be provided with the instructions to access the teleconference. If you have questions about the AGM, please feel free to contact directors@cficanada.ca, or any member of the Board of Directors or the Council.

Archival Notes

2016 Annual General Meeting

The 2016 Annual General Meeting for CFI Canada was held on Sunday April 10, 2016 via teleconference.

Board Elections and Composition

Council Election and Composition

The CFIC Council is calculated as 5% of the paid and in good-standing membership as calculated at the opening of the fiscal year. For 2016, there were 425 such members on October 1, 2015, resulting in a council of 21 councillors. As of February 9, 2016 there are approximately 475 members in good standing!

2015 Annual General Meeting

The 2015 Annual General Meeting for CFI Canada was held at 55 Eglinton Avenue East Suite 307 on March 28, 2015; a teleconference option was available to those unable to physically attend. At the AGM, a slate of 21 Councillors and a 5-person Board of Directors was affirmed.

Board Composition 2015

Bylaws adopted in June 2014 establish that the Board is elected from the ranks of the CFI Council. Currently there are 7 Board positions with 2 vacancies:

Kevin Smith – Chair

Pat O’Brien – Vice Chair

Wil McDowall - Secretary

Seanna Watson – Education Chair

Genessa Radke – Community Fundraising Chair

Council Composition 2015

CFIC’s bylaws stipulate that the Council is comprised of 5% of the total membership (Friends of the Centre For Inquiry Canada plus Council members) and is to be elected by the council from the Friends of the Centre For Inquiry Canada who are duly nominated. A report of total membership numbers at the close of the fiscal year indicates that there were 354 members in good standing; therefore, there shall be 18 council positions beginning March 28, 2015. The CFIC Council opted to approve 21 council positions based on a March 2015 membership of 425 members.

2015 Council

Existing Councillors are eligible to nominate members as councillors and councillors as board members. Your existing council is as follows:

2014 Governance Notes

In June 2014, CFIC adopted new bylaws with expanded democratic processes; included in those bylaws is a requirement for a transition election for a new Council.

The transition election nomination process yielded 10 Council nominees for 10 available positions - this slate of Councillors has been acclaimed. Members (now called Friends of the Centre For Inquiry Canada) who were current and in good standing at the date of the Annual General Meeting (June 15, 2014) were eligible to stand for election to Council; interested individuals were required to be nominated by at least two existing Councillors.

Going forward, election cycles will be standardized with the CFI Canada Annual General Meeting. The next AGM will March 28, 2015. By rule of the Bylaws, the number of new Councillors will be set at 5% of the members in good standing at the start of the fiscal year (October 1)

The primary responsibilities of the CFIC council are to elect the board of Directors and to elect the Council. Should you have any questions regarding CFIC’s Council, please contact ned@centreforinquiry.ca.

As a registered charity, CFIC hosts an Annual General Meeting each year for the purposes of electing the CFIC Council and Board and formally summarizing the prior year’s activities and achievements. (CFIC’s 2016 financial statements will not be presented at the AGM; they will be available by July 15.)

This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held by teleconference on Sunday, April 9th, at 1:00pm Eastern Daylight Time.

The meeting is open for attendance by all members if CFIC in good standing. As per the bylaws of CFI Canada, only Councillors may participate in the AGM, which includes general motions about the operation of CFI Canada, as well as elections for (or approval of) the Board of Directors.

For CFIC members who wish to attend the AGM, please email chair@centreforinquiry.ca and you will be provided with the instructions to access the teleconference. If you have questions about the AGM, please feel free to contact directors@cficanada.ca, or any member of the Board of Directors or the Council.